WoRMS taxon details
Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836)
AphiaID: 219249
AphiaID: 219249
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Blenniidae (Family) > Salariinae (Subfamily) > Blenniella (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Blenniella Reid, 1943 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Alticops periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836) Istiblennius biseriatus (Valenciennes, 1836) Istiblennius periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836) Istiblennius periophthalmus biseriatus (Valenciennes, 1836) Salarias biseriatus Valenciennes, 1836 Salarias muscarus Snyder, 1908 Salarias percophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836 (misspelling) Salarias periophthalmus Valenciennes, 1836 Salarias schultzei Bleeker, 1859 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds) (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp. [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Cargados Carajos [details] Chagos [details] Comores [details] Eritrea [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Red Sea [details] Reunion [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] Tanzania [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Inhabits exposed outer intertidal reef flats, where it can hide in cracks and holes. Feeds on filamentous algae and associated small invertebrates, such as foraminiferans, ostracods, copepods, and gastropods. Rarely used for aquarium fish. [details] Remark: In Cuvier & Valenciennes. Genus Williams, pers. comm. [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219249 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Blenniella periophthalmus (Valenciennes, 1836). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219249 on 2013-05-20 | |||||||||||
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